Example sentences of "[be] about [art] foot " in BNC.

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1 They were about a foot apart , by themselves , and lying in a pool of blood .
2 Round the rim of the broader circlet , which is about a foot in diameter , are a series of Byzantine portraits worked in enamel and separated by large rubies and sapphires .
3 I 've never met Scorelord so I ca n't say , but I 'm 6′4″ , and Miss Whipple 's about a foot shorter than she was this morning .
4 When I put my front paws on my lady 's shoulders , I was about a foot taller than her .
5 The gap was about a foot and a half wide — wide enough for Sigarup to sit in the basket with his legs hanging down below .
6 Standing , he was about a foot taller than me .
7 And it was a terrible winter that winter , there was about a foot of snow on the ground and I remember Slayney 's moved us with er er a pair of horses and er and er a little removal van .
8 The grille was about a foot square .
9 Peering through the gloom , Lucy saw that it was about a foot high , its tailless , cone-shaped body covered with loose , shaggy hair-like brown plumage , tapering to a small head .
10 The paper-stripper was about a foot long and nine inches wide .
11 erm it was about a foot wide .
12 Oh well last I got out I found that I was about a foot too far forward out into the
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